Action-Taking Edition # 7
Your Brain on Music + Montessori Mindset = A Better You + Mimosas
My unique approach as a Certified Provider of The Listening Program (TLP)
combines science-based music therapy,
time-tested Montessori principles applied to children and adults,
and conscious celebrations.
These Action-Taking Editions offer practical tips
on how to apply these three elements to your daily life.
Music
New to using Music? Start here.
Selection to enjoy: String Quartet in G, Op. 9, No. 3, 4th Movement, by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), performed by the Aeolian String Quartet. This cheery, lively piece can lift your mood and speed up how quickly you work. Need more? Listen to Haydn’s Complete String Quartets here.
Suggested use: Start - and finish - a task that requires you to move. Pick 10 items out of your closet that you no longer wear and donate or consign them. Clean your kitchen. Clear out a corner of your garage. Set a goal small enough to achieve in one pass, but big enough that you’ll feel like you actually accomplished something.
Montessori
New to Montessori? Start here.
Mindset to strengthen: Starting and finishing a task.
It’s so easy to start a task with good intent and then get distracted by a dozen other things along the way. I’ll realize it’s time to go put the newly-washed load into the dryer. Down two flights of stairs I go. And along the way, I open 3 pieces of mail and wash the few dishes in the sink. I stop by my children’s room to make sure they’ve folded their clothes and get into a long conversation with them. Twenty minutes later . . . “Oh, yeah, I’m supposed to be putting the clothes in the dryer.” And I remember Billy from the classic comic strip Family Circus and his dotted line path, showing his meanderings. Good grief.
Suggestions to try:
At home: Do something quickly from start to finish without stopping to do something else: make your bed, take out the trash, clear the table. (I’m guilty of stopping to read a few pages in one of my many bedside books while making the bed . . .)
At school: It’s summertime! Let’s take a break from this one.
At work: Purposely set aside time to open and answer emails. When we skim our emails, come across one that requires an answer, and don’t answer right away, we create an extra burden on our brain. We’ve added “one more thing” that we now know we have to get to, and with that comes a bit more guilty weariness. When we sit down at the computer with the intention to answer emails, we’re much more likely to do so - and we leave our desk feeling lighter.
Mimosa:
“The music is so calming and helps me deal with my stress.” - a Happy Client
Your Turn:
Did any suggestions here help you? Share your Mimosa with me!
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